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Kentucky is home to several local affiliates working to mobilize communities across the 67 counties of the Keystone State.

Are you a volunteer interested in becoming an advocate for Move to Amend? Click here to sign up!

Communities in Support

Alongside hundreds of thousands of individuals have signed our Motion to Amend petition, there have been over 700 communities and states that have passed public resolutions, ordinances, and ballot initiatives supporting the We the People Amendment. Below is a list of resolutions that were passed by elected political bodies (i.e. state legislatures, or county/city/town/village councils), residents who voted at Town Hall meetings, or by voters following organized ballot campaigns by Move to Amend supporters in Kentucky.

Passing local resolutions in support of amending the constitution is a great way to educate the public and to send a strong signal to legislators that people care about these issues. Click here for information on how to organize a resolution campaign in your community!

Endorsing Organizations

More than 600 local, state, and national organizations support the passage of the We the People Amendment (in Congress as House Joint Resolution 48). Below is a list of Kentucky-based organizations that formally call on our federal representatives to pass the We the People Amendment, and our local and state representatives to enact resolutions and legislation to advance this effort. 

If your organization, business, union, faith community, or local governmental organization would like to sign on as a supporter of this effort, click here to add your endorsement!

Kentucky's Congressional Delegation

U.S. SENATE

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1st District: James Comer Cosponsor: NO Pledge Signer: NO DC Office: 1037 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3115 Contact View District Map	2nd District: Brett Guthrie Cosponsor: NO Pledge Signer: NO DC Office: 2434 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3501 Fax: (202) 226-2019 Contact View District Map	3rd District: John Yarmuth Cosponsor: NO Pledge Signer: NO DC Office: 402 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4501 Fax: (202) 225-5776 Contact View District Map	4th District: Thomas Massie Cosponsor: NO Pledge Signer: NO DC Office: 2453 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: 202-225-3465 Contact View District Map
	5th District: Harold "Hal" Rogers Cosponsor: NO Pledge Signer: NO DC Office: 2406 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4601 Fax: (202) 225-0940 Contact View District Map	6th District: Garland "Andy" Barr Cosponsor: NO Pledge Signer: NO DC Office: 2430 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4706 Contact View District Map

All due respect to volunteers recruited to work this season, election campaigns are the parties of democracy. The much-longer movement-building is what it takes to have a functioning democracy; that’s hard work. Hard work, but vital if it is democracy we want and not the illusion we live under.

"We have the best Congress money can buy," humorist Will Rogers quipped in the 1930s. More recent comedians have suggested that politicians wear NASCAR-like jumpsuits so citizens can see the logos of all of their sponsors.

Trouble is, the joke is no longer funny. Many of us think special-interest money and the corruption it creates are threatening the very future of American democracy.